by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 12, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, God, God's Provision, God’s Sovereignty
“No, don’t sweep the floor on the first day of Chinese New Year. You will sweep all our luck away!” Growing up in Penang I associated the Lunar New Year with many instructions like the above. There were a number of things one had to do or not do so as not to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 5, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Church, Leadership
When the news first broke that the late Ravi Zacharias had been accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour, my first response was — I don’t know if this is true but it is definitely plausible. Having been in church-based ministry for more than 35 years and, indeed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 29, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Dependence on God, God, Spiritual Maturity
What does spiritual maturity look like? The Bible verses that undergird the ministry of Graceworks are Colossians 1:28–29. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Discipleship, Following Jesus, Jesus, Mentoring
“Is he your mentee?” I was asked when someone saw me in a photo with one of the people I was journeying with. I hesitated for a moment and said that I am normally not comfortable with a term like that. Yes, I do mentoring, but I have also understood that Jesus is the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 8, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I had been given every extension the school could give but I had struggled to finish my final project for my Fuller Doctor of Ministry (DMin) programme. My last submission was deemed not of doctoral standard and I had no more time. They understood the struggles I had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 25, 2020 | 2020, Articles, God's Grace, Loving Others, Redemption, Soo-Inn Tan
A few nights ago I was introduced to a new Christmas song, “O Come All You Unfaithful”. Here are the first two verses and the chorus: O come, all you unfaithful Come, weak and unstable Come, know you are not aloneO come, barren and waiting ones Weary of...
